Data from 50,000 of the largest employers in the US and Canada suggests where remote working may be headed – and it overturned researchers' predictions.
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The shift towards remote and hybrid working has become commonplace for many office workers. For highly in-demand skilled workers like programmers, it has even become a basic requirement, with some leaving jobs that don't give them the freedom to work from wherever they choose.
However, the question remains: Will the remote working bubble burst?
According to data from 50,000 of the largest employers in the US and Canada, remote working is here to stay!
The Quarterly Remote Work Report Q1 2022 from career platform Ladders found that a quarter (24%) of all professional jobs in the US and Canada are now permanent remote roles, with the number of roles advertised as non-desk-based increasing sharply even since the last quarter of 2021.
By the fourth quarter of 2021, three million additional jobs had made the transition to permanent remote work, Ladders found: a sharp increase that researchers said “may indicate a permanent shift in the U.S.”.
The sharp increase in remote jobs has been higher than researchers had predicted. In Q4 2021, 18% of all professional jobs in the US and Canada were hired for remote work. Ladders had estimated that this would increase to 25% by the end of 2022.
The top industries hiring remote workers, as a percentage of all jobs, were: enterprise technology, hospitality, information technology, and technical services.
Similarly, the industries hiring the least for remote work were aerospace and defense, hospitals and medical centers, and real estate and construction.
Software developers, DevOps engineers, data scientists, technical support specialists, and solution architects appeared heavily in the top remote positions.
Big companies have been hiring heavily over the past two years. The list includes well-known tech companies such as Dell, Turing, Salesforce, Citrix, Twilio, and Dropbox.
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Ladders said the findings represented a “radical shift in the attitude of hiring managers across industries about remote work” that could help transform both cities and small communities, moving high-tech jobs beyond the walls of big cities.
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Regardless of individual feelings, the pandemic has created a new reality. In conclusion, it seems fair to acknowledge respect for business owners and their employees for their resilience and ability to adapt and continue their lives with the new realities.
Information source: zdnet.com
